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r BALING PRESS. l No. 292,952. Patented Feb. 51 1884.

INVENTOR ATTORN EY5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE XV. ROBBURTS, OF ELMO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF TVO-THIRDS TO JOHN E.'POLE AND HENRY E.

HART, BOTH OFy SAME PLACE.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,952, dated February5, 1884. Application filed April 4, 1883. Renewed January 0,1884. (Nomodel.)

fo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE XV. ROBBUETs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elmo, in the county of Kaufman and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Baling- Press, of which the following is aspecification, reference beinghad tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention rela-tes to balingpresses; 1o and it consists in certainimprovements in the machine for which Letters Patent of the UnitedStates No. 263,431 were granted to myself on the v29th day of August,1882.

The nature and object of my present improvement will tbe hereinaftermore fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim. 4 Inthe drawings hereto annexed, Figurel is a horizontal section on line xx, Eig. 2, and 2o Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, of my improvedbaling-press.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

A designates the frame, which comprises 2 5 the base-blocks B, sill C,vertical standards or side pieces, D, and transverse top piece or cap,E. To the under side of the latter, between brackets or hangers F F, arehinged two arms, G G, the lower ends of which are hinged between theside plates, HH, of elbow-blocks I. i J .T are corresponding arms hingedto the under sides of the elbow-blocks I I, between the 4plates I-I H,and extending downwardly, their lower ends being hinged between straps 35 near the ends ofthe follower K.

L L are levers pivoted upon horizontal crosspie'ces M M, which connectthe side pieces or standards, D. Links or straps N O connect the leversat opposite sides of their fulcrums with 4o the elbow-blocks I I, whichmay thus be manipulated so as to operate the follower. This entiremechanism is shown in my patent above referred to, and is not hereinclaimed.

The sill G of the machine is provided with blocks or fulcrums I P, uponwhich arepivsill, and having inner beveled ends, a followoted levers QQ, the inner ends of which are beveled, as at R, and connected by jointsS with the beveled ends rof a follow-block, T. The outer ends of thelevers QQ are connect ed with the follower K by rods U. 1 The operationand advantages of my invention will be readily understood. Vhen thelevers L L are operated so as to move the follower K, the latter,through the rods U and levers Q, communicates a motionin the oppositedirection to the follow-block T, thuscompressing the bale between thelatter and the follower K. By this double action power `is gained, andthe bale is compressedmore evenly throughout than if acted upon by thesingle 6o follower only.

I claim as my invention and desire to se cure by Letters Patent of theUnited States- 1. In a baling-press, the combination of the sill havinguprights or fulcrums,levers mounted upon the latter, a follow-blockconnected to the inner ends of said levers by loose joints,

a vertically-sliding follower, rods connecting the outer ends of saidfollower with the outer ends of the levers, and mechanism for operat- 7oing the follower, substantially as described;V

2. Ina baling-press, the combination of the follower moving verticallyabove the sill, levers pivoted to uprights or fulcrums upon the 7 5block loosely jointed between the-inner ends of said levers, and havingbeveled ends registering with the beveled ends of the levers, wherebyclose joints are formed, rods connecting the outer ends of the leverswith the fol- 8O lower, and suitable operating mechanism, substantiallyas described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE YV. ROBBURTS..

